Editor's choice
Emergency management of burns: part 2
Infrequent presentation of this patient group to emergency departments can cause stress and...
Newsroom
Hospital safe staffing: no ‘one size fits all’, says regulator
NHS Improvement guidelines urges trusts to take on feedback from children, young people and...
Two nurses sentenced for defrauding NHS
Two nurses have been sentenced after admitting defrauding the NHS in separate incidents
Peaceful space created to help mental health patients
Service users work with charity to create new calm room for people with mental health issues
Rules eased on overseas nurses retaking exam
Overseas nurses will only have to retake the part of a competency exam they fail
Pay rise for staff on Agenda for Change contracts outside NHS
NHS pay deal to be extended to nurses employed by arm’s-length providers
Brexit white paper vague on immigration restrictions EU nurses may face, says RCN
Paper says future plan ‘would end free movement, taking back control of the UK’s borders’
Evidence and Practice
Emergency management of burns: part 2
Infrequent presentation of this patient group to emergency departments can cause stress and...
An exploration of the reasons why people attend but do not wait to be seen in emergency...
Aim The aim of the study was to explore the reasons why people do not always wait to receive...
Compassion in emergency departments. Part 1: nursing students’ perspectives
Compassion is a topical issue in clinical nursing practice, nurse education and policy, but...
Should nurses be trained to use ultrasound for intravenous access to patients with...
Peripheral venous access is the most common invasive procedure performed on patients in the...
Electrocardiograms: a guide to rhythm recognition for emergency nurses
Electrocardiogram (ECG) is one of the most commonly performed investigations in emergency...
Hair toe tourniquets: a review of two case studies
Digit hair tourniquets are relatively uncommon. There are reports in the literature of hair...
Features
RCNi Emergency Nursing Award 2018 recognises the importance of research in the...
Heather Jarman has built a successful nurse-led team in her emergency department which is...
Stopping sensory overload in emergency departments for people on the autism spectrum
A deputy sister in Northern Ireland has set up a hospital quiet room to help patients cope
Sepsis: how one ED has achieved a 70% rise in patients receiving life-saving treatment...
Cambridge hospital trust uses digital technology to provide faster access to sepsis care in...
RCN chair: Adamant nurses must use their voice
RCN chair Maria Trewern is full of hope for the profession – and wants to give members more...
Hand hygiene needn’t mean sore skin
A new guide from the RCN shows how to combine hand hygiene with skin care
Emergency care model cuts death rates from chronic lung disease
Admitting patients with chronic lung disease directly into respiratory specialist care from...
Opinion
We need to look after our workforce
Our Blue Light seeks to improve the wellbeing of emergency service professionals
Life at any cost
Should the cost of emergency care be considered when a patient's life is at risk? And what...
Bigger picture: training can help us to reduce deaths by suicide
Nurses in emergency care must be prepared to assess and support those who may be in need
Students
On the front line with a paramedic
A day spent shadowing a paramedic showed the complex range of skills this role requires, and...
Careers
‘Be prepared to work outside your comfort zone’
Senior charge nurse Susan Macaulay describes what it takes to work in an emergency...
‘Do the right thing and be prepared to support an unpopular view’
Senior lecturer Lorna McInulty explains how becoming a trauma nurse co-coordinator changed...
‘Persist and be ambitious: nothing that comes easy is worth having’
University of Wolverhampton Institute of Health Professions senior lecturer Jim Bethel...